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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Getting started</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Downloading Oracle 9i database</A>
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<P>Obtaining a copy of the Oracle 9i database is easy. Just go to the
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<A HREF="http://www.oracle.com">Oracle web site</A>, click on
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<B>Download</B> and follow the path based on the distribution. There
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are few pages you must read before you get to the download links. These pages
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contain copyright and agreement information, which I suggest you
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read carefully. All the other information is just statistics.
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If you are not a member, you have to register on
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the Oracle web site to be granted access to any distribution,
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which can be downloaded for free.
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<P>The server distributions are in 3 files, named something like:
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<LI>lnx_920_disk1.cpio.gz</LI>
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<LI>lnx_920_disk2.cpio.gz</LI>
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<LI>lnx_920_disk3.cpio.gz</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>Other versions might have different names, but the installation could
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be considered similar.
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<P>According to Oracle's installation instructions there are 2 sources,
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that can be used - CDs and Hard Disk Installation. I used the first
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one. Downloading the distribution files and creating the CDs (see next
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item) is a time consuming operation, so arm yourself with patience.
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This will also require a lot of hard disk space. The 3 distribution files
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are around 1.5 GB. You will need as much as 3 times this space if you
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intend to keep the archives, the directories and CD images on your hard disk
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until you are sure that the CDs are created correctly.
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<P>Assuming that you are in the directory where the distributions are
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downloaded, execute the following with <EM>all</EM> 3 distribution files
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from a shell:
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<B>gunzip lnx_920_disk1.cpio.gz<BR>
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cpio -idmv < lnx_920_disk1.cpio</B>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>These commands will create 3 directories, called Disk1, Disk2 and
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Disk3.
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Creating the CDs</A>
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<P>Writing information to CD in Linux is covered completely in
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CD-Writing-HOWTO, so the following will be only specific steps for
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the Oracle distributions.
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<H3>Creating the CD images</H3>
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<P>The first step is to create the CD images for the 3 CDs of the Oracle
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distribution. Just execute the following
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sequence for all 3 directories, changing the filenames
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and directory names for each command:
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<B>mkisofs -r -o ora9id1.iso Disk1/</B>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>This will create 3 ISO CD images, which will be used further in the
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installation process. The command may generate a lot of warnings
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for name substitutions. Don't worry. The images will contain the
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correct directory tree information. To check if this is true, mount
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the images to a directory by using the loopback device (your kernel
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should support loopback devices to perform this test) as described
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in CD-Writing-HOWTO:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<B>mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image mount_dir</B>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>where cd_image is your resulting CD image from the <B>mkisofs</B> command.
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After mounting, you can change directory and check the mounted
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directory tree to ensure it looks okay. If everything is fine, you can move to
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the next step.
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<H3>Burning the CDs</H3>
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<P>Burning the CD images on CDs can be done with any command line or
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GUI program that uses ISO CD images to create CDs. See
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CD-Writing-HOWTO for details. Make sure however, that after burning
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the CDs they contain exactly the same directory trees as
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directories Disk1, Disk2 and Disk3. This can be done by mounting the
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new CDs and using whatever means you find convenient to walk through
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the directory tree. The images can be written on any
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CD writer or computer, using any software that will support CD writing
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from ISO images.
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<P>The <B>mkisofs</B> command may generate empty directories in the
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root directory of the CD image itself. These are not a problem for the
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installation contents. Just disregard them.
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